A look back: Fort Collins breweries

Packaging operator Debra Young monitors the flow of Michelob bottles going down the packaging line. There are two bottle lines at the brewery and each can fill up to 1,200 bottles per minute on June 1, 1988. Coloradoan library

Plant Manager Jack Carmichael inspects a line moving Michelob bottles in the brewery's packaging area. Carmichael spends a lot of time in his office, but prefers being on the production floor on June 1, 1988 Coloradoan library

ov. Roy Romer, center, and Anheuser-Busch chairman August Busch III, right, ride aboard a Budweiser wagon pulled by a team of Clydesdale horses at Friday's grand opening of the brewery. Busch announced a team of Clydesdales will be permanently stabled at the brewery in Fort Collins on June 4, 1988 Coloradoan library

The first of four fermentation tanks is lifted for installation at the New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins on Nov. 7, 1997. The tanks weighs more than 25,000 pounds and is 42 feet tall. Coloradoan library